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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/09/2026

Because of well-documented health concerns, #atrazine has been banned in more than 60 countries. Yet the EPA is in the process of reapproving the use of this dangerous #pesticide in the US for at least another 15 years. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4huL3CX

Image of a shallow, rocky river bed. Text centered over the image reads: "More than 70 million pounds of atrazine are sprayed on crops each year and it is the most widely detected pesticide contaminant in
U.S. rivers, streams and below-ground water supplies. It is a known hormone-disrupting pesticide linked to birth defects, multiple cancers, and fertility problems."

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 22/09/2026

The #EPA is basically allowing industry to pick the ways that those problems are mitigated moving forward. They're offering ‘choose your own regulation’, where #pesticide companies get to tell the EPA how to regulate their products.

The New Lede@thenewlede.bsky.social

Revealed: The EPA worked directly with pesticide maker Bayer to approve the controversial herbicide dicamba earlier this year, presenting the company with different options for reducing drift and runoff, according to internal agency records. www.thenewlede.org/2026/09/epa-...

thenewlede.org

EPA coordinated with Bayer on reapproval for controversial herbicide dicamba

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) worked directly with pesticide maker Bayer in approving the controversial herbicide dicamba earlier this year, presenting the company with different option...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 31/08/2026

The Center and our allies have sued the Trump administration over the registration of #trifludimoxazin, a potent #PFAS #pesticide that breaks down into long-lived, PFAS byproducts. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4gFTA5l

Photo of a field of soy plants with a heavily clouded sky above. Text over the image reads: "Cancer-Linked Pesticide Currently Allowed
on Widely Eaten
Fruits, Nuts, Grains"

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 13/08/2026

“Paraquat is the most acutely lethal #pesticide ever made,” said Nathan Donley, environmental health science director with the Center for Biological Diversity. “We’re really the last major agricultural power that still uses #paraquat, and we use a ton of it."

theguardian.com

California bans paraquat, highly toxic herbicide outlawed in more than 70 countries

State is US’s largest user of pesticide that is virtually proven to cause Parkinson’s disease

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 04/08/2026

Atrazine is so dangerous it's banned in more than 60 countries, yet it's the second-most widely used #pesticide in the US. ⚠️😷 We must ban the toxic pesticide #atrazine once and for all. Please join us in urging the #EPA right now to ban this horrible chemical for good. ➡️ BanAtrazine.org

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 04/08/2026

“Many fluorinated #pesticides meet the OECD definition of a #PFAS, but very few meet EPA’s definition. “This administration is putting more effort into omitting chemicals from PFAS regulation than they have in actually protecting people from PFAS.”

thenewlede.org

The EPA says they want “PFAS Out.” Their policies are allowing more of them in

Less than three months ago, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Jess Kramer outlined a series of promises dubbed “PFAS OUT,” aimed at

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/07/2026

Last year, the nonprofit EWG found that 2.5 million pounds of #PFAS #pesticides are sprayed into #California crops fields annually. The persistent spraying of pesticides in our food is concerning to Donley, who said, “Whatever we put into our environment today will be lurking around forever.”

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/07/2026

“Without a ban, there’s nothing stopping another company from swooping in and filling the void,” said Nathan Donley, a senior scientist and #pesticide expert at the Center for Biological Diversity.

New York Focus@nysfocus.com

Paraquat is banned in dozens of countries and is coming under heavier scrutiny in the US. This year, 14 states introduced bills to restrict or ban its use. Only one passed a ban. It wasn't New York.

nysfocus.com

The Herbicide Haunting a New York Farm Town

Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries. In an upstate town one resident calls “Parkinson’s Valley,” farmers are demanding New York follow suit.

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